Improvement in well-tubes



DAVID BAKER, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No.` 81,580, dated September 1, 1868,

IMPROVEMENT IN WELL-TUBES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DAVID BAKER, of Boston, in the county oi' Suffolk, and iu the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new. and useful Improvementin Well-Tubes; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, Aand exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and tothe letters of reference marked thereon. l u

The nature of myinvention consists the construction of countersnksor recesses around the holes of a well-tube, and providingthem with a double strainer and filter, to prevent sand or other matter to enter the tube. To enable others skilled in the artto make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. I y

In the .annexed drawings, forming part of this speeiicationA represents a well-tube provided with a point, B, made of iron, steel, or any other suitable material, which point is twisted, and thus forms a screw, so that when the tube is driven into the groundfit `will revolve, or if the tube is turned, it will go downward.v When the tube is to bevsunk by driving, the twist in the point B shauldbe left-handed, as the revolving motion of the tube, which will be to the left, will then tighten the screws by which the tubes are connected; but when the tube 'is to be sunli by turning, the'tlwist should be iliade the other way. l A I The diameter of the upper end of 'the'poiut B should be a trifle larger than that of the coupling e, which connects it with the tube A by ,a screw or othersuitable means, to be securely fastencd,a'nd the coupling c should be large enough to extend beyond and form a guard for the strainer D,whieh is put on the tube and over the holes, and which may rest ou the coupling c or not, as may be desired, and thus it will protect the strainer D from being torn by the rough earth on its passage down. l n

The holes in the tube are provided with conntersinks or recesses, which may be made concave by bending, sloughing, oigrooving the tube in such a'manner es to produce circular, elliptical, or spiral indentations Vcrosswise or lengthwise on the tube, or in any other shape that. may be desired, for the purpose of allowing more water to pass through the strainer' D intothe'tube than would be the case if the holes were eut without these countersinks er recesses. l I. Y' u Y' The strainer D. is constructed of two` screens, made of wire or any other suitable material, one inside of the other, and fastened together at ,top and bottom. The space or chamber thus formed between the two screens is filled with sit'ted sand or other'isuitable Vmaterial for filtering the water before passing into the tube, and pre-Y venting quieksand and other fine matter from entering into the same. The strainer, when put on the tube over the holes, is fastened both at the top and bottom. At the bottoni it may befasteued'either to the tube or coupling, whichever may be desired. t i Y Having thus fullly7 described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The double strainer D, withintervening filtering-material, arranged and operating in combination with or in continuation of a well-tube, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The point B, coupling C, tube A, and strainer D, all constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes above set forth. y

In testimony that I claim the feregoing,I have hereunto set my hand, this 25th day of April, 1868. DAVID BAKER.

Witnesses:

LEOPOLD EVERT, A. N. MARR; 

